{"id":5985,"date":"2020-03-10T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T19:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2020-03-10T19:59:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T19:59:17","slug":"us-officials-in-pakistan-to-assess-security-standards-islamabad-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/us-officials-in-pakistan-to-assess-security-standards-islamabad-international\/","title":{"rendered":"US Officials in Pakistan to Assess Security Standards @ Islamabad International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5986\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/usa-pak-e1583870276605.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/>Islamabad; 10 March 2020 &#8211; Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Government agency that oversees airport and air carrier security, will visit Islamabad\u2019s airport, view Pakistan\u2019s aviation security infrastructure, and meet with their Pakistani civil aviation counterparts this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\">During the visit to the Islamabad airport, TSA will meet with representatives from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), and the Ministry of Aviation to identify international security standards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\">TSA has been invited by PIA to conduct a formal assessment of security standards at the Islamabad International Airport.\u00a0 <b>There are no imminent plans for direct flights between Pakistan and the United States<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\">Speaking of his interactions in Pakistan, TSA Attach\u00e9 Daniel McQuaid noted, \u201cSecure international air travel is essential to facilitate trade and connections and fostering stronger bonds between the United States and Pakistan.\u00a0 We look forward to continuing our relationship with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority as we explore additional areas of cooperation and the possibility of capacity development.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\"><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-8520354059523379461paragraph\">This trip was organized as part of the U.S. Mission to Pakistan\u2019s ongoing efforts to strengthen economic ties and air connectivity between the United States and Pakistan.\u00a0 The United States remains committed to partnering with Pakistan for a prosperous future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad; 10 March 2020 &#8211; Officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Government agency that oversees airport and air carrier security, will visit Islamabad\u2019s airport, view Pakistan\u2019s aviation security infrastructure, and meet with their Pakistani civil aviation counterparts this week. During the visit to the Islamabad airport, TSA will meet with representatives from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5987,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions\/5987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}